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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hat made of that belonged to the strange man in Grandmother's tale?
(a) Paper.
(b) Fur.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Felt.

2. What did Chelm need money for?
(a) To pay debts.
(b) To fix the plumbing.
(c) To build a school.
(d) To pave the roads.

3. What does Atzel do during his funeral?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Hums.
(d) Sings.

4. What does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" do first when he entered the house?
(a) Smoked.
(b) Ate.
(c) Slept.
(d) Cried.

5. What color is the orphan girl's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals appear as the strange man spins around in the house?

2. What is Chelm full of?

3. What is Lekisch's title?

4. Who were the leaders in Chelm?

5. What symbol keeps appearing for the strange man in Grandmother's story while he is entertaining the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Atzel come to wish he were dead?

2. What does Atzel do the minute he is released from paradise?

3. What did the strange man do after the children realized who he really was?

4. What do the children ask of their grandmother at the beginning of "Grandmother's Tale"?

5. What does Dr. Yoetz see when he first checks on Atzel inside Kadish's house?

6. What happens to Atzel's life after his time in paradise?

7. What does Gronam notice about the Hanukkah snow?

8. How do the Elders decide to tell the people not to trample the snow?

9. What do Tudras and Lekisch want to buy with the fortune from the snow?

10. What do the Elders decide to do during the next snow after seeing what happened?

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